Mesopotamia & Mesoamerica Study Guide

What tool did farmers use to help them grow a surplus of food?

• Plow

• Shovel

• Wheel

• Axe

Which civilization first held religious beliefs in Mesopotamia? Where did they worship or pray to the gods?

• Sumer/Pyramids

• Babylonia/Church

• Sumer/Ziggurats

• Egypt/Pyramids

Floods left behind _____ which helps make the soil more fertile for farming.

• Mud

• Silt

• Algae

• Sand

What Mesopotamian code of laws practiced that the punishment should fit the crime?

• The Ten Commandments

• Babylonian Code

• Egyptian Law

• Hammurabi's Code

Most societies today have a set of laws for their citizens inspired by what king?

• Cyrus The Great

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Sargon

What was the name of the world's first system of writing, which was invented by the Sumerians?

• Hieroglyphics

• Aurebesh

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

Who was the first leader of the Jewish people and is an important figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

• Abraham

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus II

• Nebuchadnezzar II

What is Hammurabi best known for?

• creating the first code of written laws

• freeing the Jews from Babylonian captivity

• conquering the Sumerians

• discovering the Americas

What Persian king built a large empire and was tolerant of other religions allowing the people to practice their beliefs?

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus The Great

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Abraham

What was one of the earliest monotheistic religions? 

Monotheism means they believe in one God. Zoroastrianism also is monotheistic.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism